Weekly Briefing: MAS Gets Aggressive To Fight Inflation, SGD Appreciates

In response to rising inflation, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has tightened its monetary policy by re-centering the midpoint of its exchange rate policy band to the prevailing level and steepening the slope, allowing the Singapore dollar to strengthen against currencies of its trading partners. Our analysts discuss the far-reaching implications of this move, as well as their updates for the region.

00:34 - Roundup - Suhaimi Ilias

06:17 - MAS tightening, inflation - Chua Hak Bin

11:16 - SG interest rates and bonds - Winson Phoon

13:50 - SGD, USD - Saktiandi Supaat

19:30 - SG banks - Thilan Wickramasinghe

21:34 - ID higher fuel prices, Bank of Indonesia moves - Lee Ju Ye

26:10 - Positive on TH consumer finance - Jesada Techahusdin

28:30 - Plantations update - Ong Chee Ting

Producer: Noelle Lim